A LOOK Back: Daddy & Daughter
Carl Benne and his one-year-old daughter, Kimberly, enjoy a concert in Stephenson Park during the summer of 1978. Carl was the main driving force of the Edmond Round Up Club and LibertyFest Rodeo for over 40 years. Kimberly, now Kimberly Benne-Gray, has been involved with the Club her whole life and continues her dad’s legacy and passion for the Club and its members today.
Be sure to catch a new exhibit, This Ain’t Our First Rodeo: the History of the Edmond Round Up Club, at the Edmond History Museum, May 20 – November 29.
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